Statewide Natural Areas Management - 4 year contract

The State of Illinois, through the Department of Natural Resources' Office of Resource Conservation, awarded a four-year statewide natural areas management contract to ENCAP, Inc. for $549,000 effective July 16, 2026 through July 15, 2030. The contract was competitively awarded through open market sealed bidding under solicitation reference number 26-422DNR-RESCO-B-51743. ENCAP, Inc. was selected as a primary, secondary, or tertiary vendor for specific work items across designated geographic zones and will provide grinding and forestry mowing services in multiple Illinois counties, including work in both sensitive and non-sensitive environmental sites.

The contracted services involve grinding and forestry mowing operations utilizing two-person crews—one operator and one stump treatment specialist—across two geographic zones: Zone 2 (Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, and Winnebago Counties) and Zone 4 (Grundy, Kendall, and Will Counties). The contract pricing is established on an hourly basis at $275 per hour for Zone 2 work items and $280 per hour for Zone 4 work items, with work assignments issued via individual work orders as needed throughout the contract performance period. All services must be performed within Illinois, and the contractor is prohibited from subcontracting; no subcontracting is permitted under the contract terms.